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ABC News
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- Health
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Alasdair McDonald
Forest ecologist Professor David Lindenmayer says the shock discovery of critically endangered Leadbeater's possum is likely a new subspecies. 2h ago 2 hours ago Sun 1 Jun 2025 at 7:57am The Australian Workers Union says it is looking at legal action over claims Snowy 2.0 workers were locked down during this week's strike action. Fri 23 May Fri 23 May Fri 23 May 2025 at 5:43am The family of Canberra man Harri Jokinen, who was killed during a high-speed police pursuit on the Monaro Highway in 2021, hopes an inquest into his death will lead to a change in policy. Fri 16 May Fri 16 May Fri 16 May 2025 at 5:24am Snowy Mountains councillor Andrew Thaler has been ordered to apologise for alleged misconduct. He says he has been denied the presumption of innocence. Tue 6 May Tue 6 May Tue 6 May 2025 at 9:42am NSW government reviews Snowy Mountain councillor Andrew Thaler's behaviour after his colleagues accuse him of poor conduct. Thu 20 Mar Thu 20 Mar Thu 20 Mar 2025 at 12:47am The 34-year-old's body was found south of Eden after a three-day search by emergency services. Mon 10 Mar Mon 10 Mar Mon 10 Mar 2025 at 6:10am Senior Constable Brett David Lindsay will face two separate court hearings for six assault charges relating to alleged incidents while he was on duty on the NSW Far South Coast. Mon 17 Feb Mon 17 Feb Mon 17 Feb 2025 at 9:49pm Missing hiker Hadi Nazari left a trail of clues, but trying to find him in some of the most rugged terrain in NSW was still hard work. Thu 9 Jan Thu 9 Jan Thu 9 Jan 2025 at 7:20am The family of Hadi Nazari, missing in the NSW Snowy Mountains for over a week, is calling for resources from Victoria to be called in to help find the 23-year-old. Fri 3 Jan Fri 3 Jan Fri 3 Jan 2025 at 9:45pm As the search for Hadi Nazari continues in Kosciuszko National Park, the man's friends say they have been given hope by the discovery of some of his possessions in the rugged NSW Snowy Mountains. Thu 2 Jan Thu 2 Jan Thu 2 Jan 2025 at 6:30am Sailor Luke Watkins spent 45 minutes in the water after he was thrown overboard during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race early on Friday morning. He says his safety training and quick thinking from his crew saved his life. Fri 27 Dec Fri 27 Dec Fri 27 Dec 2024 at 5:22pm Hundreds of cases of flesh-eating Buruli ulcer have been reported in Victoria this year, a new study has named a NSW tourist town as the next potential hotspot and has warned of possible spread along NSW coastline Fri 20 Dec Fri 20 Dec Fri 20 Dec 2024 at 9:20pm A high school on the NSW far south coast has closed today after two cleaners found a staff room alight early this morning. The cleaners suffered smoke inhalation, and an investigation into the fire is underway. Wed 4 Dec Wed 4 Dec Wed 4 Dec 2024 at 6:15am Senior Constable Brett David Lindsay pleads not guilty to six assault charges relating to alleged incidents while he was on duty on the NSW far south coast. Mon 25 Nov Mon 25 Nov Mon 25 Nov 2024 at 3:01am A police officer is suspended with pay over the charges, which stem from an incident at a Batemans Bay shopping centre. Fri 8 Nov Fri 8 Nov Fri 8 Nov 2024 at 1:25am Iain Dawson has pleaded guilty to transferring $34,000 of art gallery funds into his own bank account. Wed 16 Oct Wed 16 Oct Wed 16 Oct 2024 at 7:15am Senior Constable Kristian White will face a jury trial in November after he pleaded not guilty over the death of the great-grandmother who was tasered in a Snowy Mountains nursing home in 2023. Wed 16 Oct Wed 16 Oct Wed 16 Oct 2024 at 6:18am Robert Karl Huber has pleaded not guilty to murdering his partner Lindy Lucena, 64, in a Ballina laneway in January 2023. He will face trial later this year. Fri 11 Oct Fri 11 Oct Fri 11 Oct 2024 at 5:01am The Walbunja people of the NSW far south coast have been handed back an important piece of their culture, once owned by the late environmental activist, academic and philosopher Val Plumwood. Mon 23 Sep Mon 23 Sep Mon 23 Sep 2024 at 8:33pm Kristian White is set face trial in NSW Supreme Court on one count of manslaughter after the death of 95-year-old Clare Nowland. Wed 11 Sep Wed 11 Sep Wed 11 Sep 2024 at 3:30am These First Nations students are the traditional people of the New South Wales Snowy Mountains, yet some of them had never set foot on snow before. Sun 8 Sep Sun 8 Sep Sun 8 Sep 2024 at 6:40am A hydrologist says the Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro scheme will be more resilient to climate change than its predecessor but predicted extreme droughts will cause issues. Thu 5 Sep Thu 5 Sep Thu 5 Sep 2024 at 4:45am The snow season at Charlotte Pass could be under threat after a devastating fire, as its owners meet with the State Government to help plan their recovery. Thu 23 May Thu 23 May Thu 23 May 2024 at 4:21am After 55 years growing oysters, Bernie Connell and his oyster "Jill" look set to break world records after this weekend's Narooma Oyster Festival on the NSW far south coast. Sun 5 May Sun 5 May Sun 5 May 2024 at 7:57am Yuliya Pashkovska, who died at an unpatrolled beach on the New South Wales' South Coast on Tuesday is being remembered as a "much-loved" health care provider. Thu 21 Mar Thu 21 Mar Thu 21 Mar 2024 at 6:25am
ABC News
23-05-2025
- Business
- ABC News
Union considering legal action over claims staff locked down during Snowy 2.0 strike
The Australian Workers Union is threatening legal action over the alleged treatment by Snowy 2.0 contractors of striking tunnel workers. More than 1,000 workers walked off the job on the multi-billion dollar pumped hydro energy project on Wednesday in a bid to push for pay similar to their employer WeBuild's workers on the North East Link Tunnels in Melbourne. The union's organiser Darren Cameron met with workers at Snowy Mountains Airport, outside Cooma, on Thursday where he alleged the union had been unable to meet with some members during the strike. "To add insult to injury, the project put out a directive that nobody could leave the project or enter the project," Mr Cameron said. WeBuild and Snowy Hydro have been contacted for comment. Mr Cameron said workers, like their emplyer, want the $12 billion project finished after it was plagued by tunnelling delays in recent years due to what Snowy Hydro called a challenging geological fault zone. Last year, the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure approved an application by Snowy Hydro to use a fourth tunnel boring machine which is set to begin excavating by the end of the year. Mr Cameron said further strike action will go ahead next week if the workers' demands are not met. "The same company is doing exactly the same kind of tunnelling work in Melbourne for 12 per cent more pay," he said. "The conditions on this project are arduous. "These people should be the highest paid tunnellers in Australia, not the lowest, which is the current situation. "We are aiming to change that." He said the pay issue will go before the Fair Work Commission on Tuesday and he hopes it will be resolved before further industrial action next week. The CFMEU's state organiser for the union's Construction and General Branch, Mark Cross, was also in Cooma on Thursday and said the unions have come together to make sure workers are being taken care of following the implosion of a ventilation fan in February. He said safety concerns were impacting the mental health of workers and their families. "The isolation factor of living in a remote camp means communications are not the greatest in terms of being able to reach out to their friends and families," he said. "It is impacting these guys." Electrical Trades Union organiser Jarred Pearce said he had hope the issue of pay parity would be dealt with by the employer. "We are trying to get the right outcome for both wages and safety."
AU Financial Review
22-05-2025
- Business
- AU Financial Review
Snowy Hydro 2.0 facing wave of 24-hour strikes
The country's biggest renewable energy project, the troubled Snowy Hydro 2.0 project, is facing another wave of strikes as more than 1000 workers prepare to stop work for 24 hours next week over pay. The Australian Workers Union notified WeBuild of the strike to take place next Wednesday after workers felt angry that their demands were not being listened to following a 24-hour strike last Wednesday.
AU Financial Review
22-05-2025
- Business
- AU Financial Review
Powerful unions back Woodside project extension
Australia's biggest union has intervened in the Albanese government's considerations over the future of Woodside's North West Shelf project, urging Labor to resist pressure from environmental groups and extend the life of the facility to protect jobs. The Australian Workers Union and the Offshore Alliance labour group on Thursday said Australia needs gas and jobs, and urged Environment Minister Murray Watt to green-light a decades-long extension to the North West Shelf project.
The Age
08-05-2025
- Politics
- The Age
Dreyfus told he will be dumped, heaping pressure on PM to save him
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is under pressure to protect Mark Dreyfus after the Attorney-General was told Labor's Victorian right faction, overseen by Defence Minister Richard Marles, wanted to dump him from cabinet. Labor's internal power groupings have been in intense talks since the election to carve up the 30 cabinet positions in line with party rules that give factions ministries in line with their numbers in parliament, with the left's success on Saturday entitling it to an extra spot. That means Marles' group and the Victorian shop workers union are underrepresented in cabinet while former leader Bill Shorten's old Australian Workers Union sub-faction, which includes Dreyfus and Housing Minister Clare O'Neil, has too many ministers. Dreyfus, 68, phoned colleagues over the past two days to solidify his position and ensure he had enough votes to cling on, according to several federal Labor sources unable to speak publicly. The attorney-general, who entered parliament in 2007, had faced internal calls before the election to vacate his Melbourne seat of Isaacs in the name of renewal. His office was contacted for comment. Dreyfus was informed formally of the move against him after the right faction agreed to dump him in Thursday morning meetings between party powerbrokers in Canberra. Right-wing Victorian MPs Daniel Mulino and Sam Rae have been formally nominated by the Victorian right to replace Dreyfus in the ministry if Marles gets his way and forces Dreyfus to stand aside. Right-wing cabinet spots are decided state-by-state. Rae, 38, was one of the youngest-ever PwC partners, led two state election wins as Victorian Labor state secretary, and secured a primary vote swing in his outer-suburban Melbourne seat of Hawke that was targeted by the Coalition. Albanese, who was re-elected with a thumping mandate, could exercise his authority to protect Dreyfus, but such a move would defy Marles' group.
